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Velen

Velen is a town in the district , Germany with about 12,000 citizens. It consists of the two settlements of Velen and Ramsdorf and the four rural regions Ostendorf-Krueckling, Bleking-Holthausen, Nordvelen and Waldvelen.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Schloss Velen.

Castle
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is a castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hochmoor (Gescher) and Ramsdorf.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km east of Velen.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of Velen.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km south of Velen.

Velen

Latitude
51.89571° or 51° 53′ 45″ north
Longitude
6.98391° or 6° 59′ 2″ east
Population
13,200
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE VLN
Open location code
9F38VXWM+7H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 33336036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2817704
Wiki­data ID
Q200549
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Velen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Velen”
  • Aragonese: “Velen”
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  • Asturian: “Velen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Velen”
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  • Catalan: “Velen”
  • Cebuano: “Velen”
  • Chechen: “Фелен”
  • Chinese: “费伦”
  • Corsican: “Velen”
  • Croatian: “Velen”
  • Czech: “Velen”
  • Danish: “Velen”
  • Dutch: “Velen”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤيلين”
  • Esperanto: “Velen”
  • Estonian: “Velen”
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  • Irish: “Velen”
  • Italian: “Velen”
  • Kazakh: “Фелен”
  • Kirghiz: “Фелен”
  • Kongo: “Velen”
  • Kurdish: “Velen”
  • Ladin: “Velen”
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  • Low German: “Veelen”
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  • Minangkabau: “Velen”
  • Narom: “Velen”
  • Neapolitan: “Velen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Velen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Velen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Velen”
  • Old Saxon: “Felie”
  • Old Saxon: “Felin”
  • Picard: “Velen”
  • Piemontese: “Velen”
  • Polish: “Velen”
  • Portuguese: “Velen”
  • Romanian: “Velen”
  • Romansh: “Velen”
  • Russian: “Фелен”
  • Sardinian: “Velen”
  • Scots: “Velen”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Velen”
  • Serbian: “Velen”
  • Serbian: “Фелен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Velen”
  • Sicilian: “Velen”
  • Slovak: “Velen”
  • Slovenian: “Velen”
  • Spanish: “Velen”
  • Swahili: “Velen”
  • Swedish: “Velen, Münsterland”
  • Swedish: “Velen”
  • Swiss German: “Velen”
  • Tatar: “Фелен”
  • Tumbuka: “Velen”
  • Turkish: “Velen”
  • Ukrainian: “Фелен”
  • Uzbek: “Velen”
  • Venetian: “Velen”
  • Vietnamese: “Velen”
  • Vlaams: “Velen”
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  • Walloon: “Velen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Velen”
  • Welsh: “Velen”
  • Wolof: “Velen”
  • Zulu: “Velen”

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